CG4 chasing galaxy PGC21338 - a photo on Flickriver

            I think it looks the worm in DUNE, about to swallow a galaxy....but
Wikipedia:
CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet. It has a dense head formed of gas and dust, which is around 1.5 ly in diameter, and an elongated faint tail around 8 ly in length. The name of the galaxy is also ESO 257-19, 118 million LR away. 
I took this using T59, a Planewave 20" CDK located in Australia by renting time thru Itelescope. After getting the images over several nights, I processed in PixInsight, Photoshop, and Lightroom. 
 LRGB 10 hrs total.
   

Taken on: March 30, 2023

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